"...Of particular note...is the performance of Pictures at an Exhibition...the pictures "look" the same, but sound as if they have had accumulations of traditional grime scrubbed off them. The performance has an oddly fresh, exuberant quality, as if Oue had just discovered the piece. Orchestral balance is nearly ideal: what is important is in the forefront, but one hears nearly everything, so discerningly does the conductor manipulate his forces..." -Miller, Fanfare